STAND. COM. REP. NO. 982-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 3123
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Housing and Labor and
Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 3123, S.D. 2,
entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the successful
transition from public assistance to self-sufficiency by
establishing a transitional benefits program, the Bridge-to-Hope
Program, to encourage public assistance recipients to pursue and
successfully complete higher education.

     The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, the
National Association of Social Workers, the Welfare and
Employment Rights Coalition, the Hawaii Area Program of the
American Friends Service Committee, the University of Hawaii,
Kokua Council, and several individuals testified in support of
this measure.  The Department of Human Services testified in
support of a revised education policy, but opposed the current
bill and an appropriation as it is outside the Executive Budget
request.

     After careful consideration, your Committees have amended
this measure by deleting its substance and inserting language
reflected in a similar bill, H.B. No. 2367, H.D. 1.  This bill
was reported earlier from your Committees on Human Services and
Housing and Finance.  In addition, the bill has been amended to:

 
 
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     (1)  Appropriate $300,000 to expand internship and work
          study programs to meet the Temporary Assistance to
          Needy Families program work requirements; and

     (2)  Make technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity
          and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Human Services and Housing and Labor and Public
Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are
in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3123, S.D. 2,
as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in
the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3123, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be
referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Human Services
                                   and Housing and Labor and
                                   Public Employment,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair         DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair